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I booked 11 Coastguard Cottages for a short stay with my family and we had an amazing time.
The house is amazing, there are 4 large bedrooms so plenty of room for all the family. There has been a lot of thought about what guests...More

West Cork is such a magical place to visit and I was so looking forward to spending a week in Schull. I wasn’t disappointed. There was a beautiful sea/harbour view from one side of the house and a glimpse of the lovely Mount Gabriel on...More

this is a lovely house in a really beautiful location, its about 5 yards from the water and has amazing harbour views, we were very lucky with the weather which made the place seem unbeatable. its about a 5 minute walk into the small town...More

Schull is one of the loveliest villages in West Cork, Ireland. It is set in the centre of an area of outstanding natural beauty with outcrops of granite rock juxtaposed with rolling grassy hillsides full of gorse and wild flowers. The highest point in West Cork is Mount Gabriel which rises directly behind Schull from which there are magnificent views over Schull Harbour, beyond to all the islands in Roaring Water Bay, beyond to Baltimore and out to Cape Clear and the Fastnet Rock. Schull is almost as far southwest as you can be in Ireland - just 10 miles or so from the most south-westerly point of Ireland at Mizen Head. The climate is extremely mild with prevailing southwesterly winds and the benign effects of the Gulf Stream. The air is marvellously clear and clean.
Schull boasts a lar...

How to get there

90 minutes drive time from Cork Airport. Lots of car rental availability at the airport.
From Cork head west on the N71. Journey time about 1 hr 30 minutes.
More precise details from Cork Airport: drive out of airport exit (past petrol station on left) and turn right at the roundabout and follow the R600 (Kinsale Road). At Fivemilebridge take the Right fork (R613) which will be signposted as taking you to the N71. Turn left onto the N71 heading WEST to Bandon. You will pass through a number of towns - Innishannon, Bandon (take the bypass road by turning left as you near the town), Balinascarty, Clonakilty (there is another bypass), Rosscarberry, Leap and Skibbereen (another bypass at a new roundabout - second exit at about two o'clock avoids the town)). You will now pick up sign posts ...